Course Calendar: Assignments are due on MONDAY, 11:59 PM, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. Skype sessions are at 7:00 and 8:30 pm on Monday.
The bibliography for each week’s readings will be found in the weekly assignments on Blackboard.
| Date |
Activity |
Assignment Due |
| Week 1 - 8/19-25 |
Become familiar with software to be used for biography; Read curation articles |
Post biography to Bb and comment; Respond to the Doodle; prepare for Skype |
| Week 2 – 8/26-9/2 |
Read articles about LiveBinders and become familiar with the software |
LiveBinders Project |
| Week 3 – 9/2-8 |
Work collaboratively on evaluating software |
Prepare 15-minute presentation over Skype |
| Week 4 – 9/9-15 |
Read articles about LibGuides |
LibGuides project |
| Week 5 – 9/16-22 |
Read text, chs. 1, 2, and 7 |
Practice: MARC fields |
| Week 6 – 9/23-29 |
Read ch. 3, files; Rubric-Common Errors and Copy Cataloging Sources and RDA articles |
Skype: AACR2 and RDA |
| Week 7 – 9/30-10/6 |
Re-Read ch. 3 and peruse Follett’s Tag of the Month |
Practice: Exercises 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D. |
| Week 8 – 10/7-13 |
Access Points Practice – Read text, ch. 4; become familiar with a system for inputting MARC records |
Practice: Exercises 4A, 4B, 4C, and 4D |
| Week 9 – 10/14-20 |
Main Entry project – 5 books to catalog |
Project: catalog 5 books |
| Week 10 – 10/21-27 |
Read text. ch. 5; Subject headings practice |
Practice assigning subject headings 5A, 5B, 5C, 5D, 5E, and 5F. Post any questions to Bb. |
| Week 11 – 10/28-11/3 |
Review ch. 5; read articles by LeGrow and Tarulli |
Project: subject headings – 6 titles to be cataloged |
| Week 12 – 11/4-10 |
Classification practice – Read text, ch. 6 plus articles listed on the assignment |
Practice 6G; plus three additional exercises and reflection |
| Week 13 – 11/11-17 |
Review documents to teach how to enhance MARC records |
Project of cataloging material with enhancement fields |
| 11/25-28 FALL BREAK |
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| Week 14 – 11/18-12/1 |
Read RDA materials and prepare for Skype Session |
Skype: RDA |
| Week 15 – 12/2-8 |
Apply process of identifying RDA records to records that have been created with AACR2 |
Project: application of RDA to 10 records |